Two teams missing their awesome goalies collide in the Lone Star State tonight! The Flames (4-5-3) are missing Miikka Kiprusoff (career 2.46 goals against average, .913 save percentage). The Stars (8-6-1) are missing Kari Lehtonen (career 2.69 goals against average, .915 save percentage). Lehtonen's been better than Kiprusoff this year, but both teams wish they had their number-ones.

A win here puts the Flames back at .500, a lofty perch which they've gotten to but have yet to cross over entirely. And it's already a quarter of the way into the season.

Of course, Calgary beat Dallas last Wednesday in a 7-4 game. It was crazy, in that both Leland Irving and Richard Bachman looked shaky. In a shocker, Bachman still has an NHL job while Irving is back in the AHL.

It comes with the territory in the wacky world of the NHL.

THE LINE-UP

After Friday night's set-back against the St. Louis Blues, Flames head coach Bob Hartley hit shuffle on his line-up card. And the Flames waived Blair Jones, demoted Leland Irving and called up Danny Taylor.

Oh, and Blake Comeau is a centre now.

Cervenka – Tanguay – Hudler

Cammalleri – Stajan – Stempniak

Glencross – Comeau – Iginla

Horak – Begin – Jackman

Giordano – Bouwmeester

Wideman – Brodie

Butler – Babchuk

MacDonald

Overall, the big question mark is Comeau up the middle. Why you put the team's worst possession forward on any line besides your fourth - and your captain to boot - is beyond me, but I'm not the coach. The top two lines look solid, though unspectacular by NHL standards.

MacDonald has the worst numbers of the three Flames goalies, at least in terms of save percentage, but he's only played one game. With Irving looking shaky as a leaf in his last few starts – and nowhere near as poised as he did last season – giving MacDonald a shot is a good idea. If he looks as bad as he did in the St. Louis game, it'll look like a worse idea.

THE OPPOSITION

The Stars are firmly in the middle of the pack in the West. They don't have their starting goalie or the habitually underrated Ray Whitney, but their top six is still very dangerous and their bottom six boasts some very useful players. They beat Vancouver on Friday night.

Bachman (1-2-0) is statistically the worst of Dallas' three goalies used this year and he looked pretty bad in Calgary last week. Then again, it's just one game. As mentioned, he's in because Karri Lehtonen is on the shelf.

SUM IT UP

The Flames beat the Stars and have the ability to do so again. That said, Dallas beat a very game Canucks team on Friday and can't be under-estimated – and it's very unlikely they'll be as lousy as they were in Calgary.

The Flames, meanwhile, need to regain their confidence in their goaltending and find the swagger they had against the Stars. They were shaky and uneven against the Blues, and they cannot afford to get in a hole early down in the heart of Texas.

Game-time is 4pm MT on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.

Ryan Pike has covered the Calgary Flames since 2010. He's Senior Contributing Editor at FlamesNation, a Senior Writer covering the Flames and the NHL Draft for The Hockey Writers, and a correspondent for the Fischler Report. You can see his hand or the side of his head on TV sometimes.

Also i believe false teeth have a screw that goes into the bone. Imagine jow much damage a puck into that would do? Way worse then the missing teeth. I would guess hockey players use denture pieces until they retire then get real teeth.

No I appreciate that. You would think Feaster would have learned by now to stop making such bold statements publicly because he just ends up looking really silly and embarrasses the Flames (as if they aren't doing that enough by themselves lol).

I missed about 15 minutes of the 1st after getting home from work, thoroughly expecting Dallas to be up by 2 or 3, it was nice to see Calgary up 1-0. The 2nd period was forgettable, but expected. Calgary was charitable and gave the puck away, could not check Ryder off of the puck and for the second time, Eakin scores from the high slot. Dallas gains the zone again, while they are still announcing Eakin's goal and Macdonald is way out of position at the side of the net, tap in, 3rd goal a la juicy rebound from the afforementioned Joey Macdonald. No crisp passes, lazy coverage and no will or traffic against a backup. Debating whether or not to watch the 3rd (I know that I will though)

I'm starting to feel like Iggy not having signed an extension yet is likely a much bigger tell of his intentions than many are recognizing. If Iggy wanted to resign in Calgary I have no doubt he has received gigantic over payment offers and yet hasn't.

I have always wondered if you loose your stick and a players stick from the other team is on the ice would you get a penalty for grabbing it?

No. Some one actually scored with an opposing player's stick last season or the season before. I think it was one of the Koivu's that scored. I can't really remember. All I can remember is that the stick was his wrong hand.